Yes We Can

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Barack Obama’s rise to the presidency of the United States is the story of an
incredible journey through the strata of human society. Had he been given up
for adoption, as
reports now suggest was briefly his father’s intention, the
American meritocracy is such that it would still not have been
inconceivable. Indeed, in Britain too there are figures at the very pinnacle
of the arts, business and politics who were blessed with the love of a
family into which they were not born.

Imagine, though, the chances of a Barack Obama given up for adoption in
Britain today. It